With so much attention on protein lately, you might wonder if you’re getting enough. Grocery store shelves are lined with protein-fortified breakfast cereals and snack foods, and cottage cheese concoctions and whey smoothies are all over social media. But how much protein does your body actually need? And are you hitting that target? Let us…
Good morning. I drove 100 miles the other morning, only to discover that the piece of paper I needed at my destination was actually at my departure point. This occasioned a 100-mile trip back and another 100 miles back from that: 300 miles on the odometer before noon. It left me rattled and sore. The…
So sharp are partisan divisions these days that it can seem as if people are experiencing entirely different realities. Maybe they actually are, according to Leor Zmigrod, a neuroscientist and political psychologist at Cambridge University. In a new book, “The Ideological Brain: The Radical Science of Flexible Thinking,” Dr. Zmigrod explores the emerging evidence that…
On March 28, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar, devastating communities and killing at least 3,500 people. The quake also caused buildings to sway, even collapse, in the tourist hot spot of Bangkok. Videos posted online showed water from rooftop swimming pools spilling over the sides of high-rise hotels. Scientists can’t predict exactly where or…
My lower teeth have grown a lot more crooked over the last few years. This is a surprise. They were once perfectly straight, thanks to braces that stayed on throughout three ungainly middle school years. I asked a few friends in midlife whether they had noticed the same thing, and some reported that they, too,…
This transcript was created using speech recognition software. While it has been reviewed by human transcribers, it may contain errors. Please review the episode audio before quoting from this transcript and email transcripts@nytimes.com with any questions. kevin roose Well, Casey, it finally happened to me this week. I was radicalized by Elon Musk. casey newton…